When it comes to the quality and durability of your motherboard, ECS goes above and beyond industry standards to ensure that you have a motherboard that will last long and always continue to out perform the competition.
Trust only motherboards built with Durathon Technology. Click "
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Better conductivity and heat resistance can be expected as well thus the system stability can be assured under critical conditions.

Support Microsoft® Windows® 8 Operating System

Support for the next version of Microsoft Windows - Windows 8 which is the first edition of Windows to support for both x86 PCs and ARM tablets.
It includes many brand new features, including :
1. Instant Boot Speed(Win 8 only takes about 8 seconds)
2. Metro Interface
3. All about Touch
4. Native Support of USB3.0
5. Internet Explorer 10
6. Windows APP Store
7. Brand New Windows Task Manager
8. Integrated Xbox Live
9. "Windows to go" via USB devices
10. Support it’s own native PDF reader
11. Photo App
12. Built-In Anti Virus

Support HD Video Playback

Smoothly playback all H.264, VC-1, and MPEG-2 video with minimal CPU usage through integrated Graphics in chipset or CPU.

M.I.B. IIIM.I.B. III brings the same convenience interface of overclocking as M.I.B. II, it also comes with advance range of frequency tuning for system performance and superior gaming capability.

Mutli-language BIOSMulti-language BIOS allows you to see and set up the BIOS with your native language. It helps Non-English users to solve the problem of setting up the BIOS and achieve extra system performance easily.

LGA1155Motherboard Supports LGA 1155 CPU-socket interface, which is designed for 2nd Gen Intel® Core™ Processors, and built on 32 nm technologies to provide high smart performance and responsiveness on executing tasks.

Support 22nm processorsIntel new 22nm, 3-D transistor architecture enables support for new-generation processors
which delivers unprecedented performance improvement, faster computing and graphics and power reduction.

Dual DDR3 1600Doubles the bandwidth of your system memory up to 25.6 GB/s and pumps up the system performance at lower power.

SATA 3.0Gb/sDoubles the transfer speed of SATA, running at speed up to 3.0Gb/s, and fully compatible with the soon-to-be-released SATA HDD, CD-ROM and other cutting-edge devices with NCQ function support.

eBLU - BIOS Live Update UtilityECS eBLU utility makes updating BIOS fast and easy. eBLU saves time and hassle of searching for BIOS online and avoid complicated flashing steps. With simple and easy steps it checks for new BIOS version on-line and safely guides the user to flash the system BIOS.

eDLU - Drivers Live Update UtilityECS eDLU utility makes updating Drivers fast and easy. eDLU Saves time and hassle of searching for Drivers online and avoid complicated steps. With simple and easy steps it checks for new Drivers version on-line and let the user to update the Drivers.

Windows® 8 Hardware CertificationSupport the latest Windows 8 technology which provides touch-enabled control, Apps and can connect with the cloud to connect with your files, photos, people, and settings, wherever you sign in.

ROHSChoose an environment-friendly, fully RoHS-compliant ECS product as the foundation for keeping harmful substances out of our ecosystem.

ErP ReadyECS Motherboards have been certified by ErP of European Union. Stand by mode and off mode not to exceed 0.50W consumption to save energy and maintain sustainable environment.

VRD 12 CompliantVoltage Regulator Down (VRD) 12 is the newest(2010 release) power standard that provides better energy efficiency for Intel processors by advanced power supplying.
The energy can be greatly saved during idle operation or other low load conditions.

BIOS(2)

If your BIOS ME version is lower than 8.1.X.X. Please find the CPU EVO via http://www.ecs.com.tw/extra/ECS_win8/win8_bios.html to update your BIOS first. After updating this BIOS, you only can flash newer versions afterward.Please DO NOT flash back older version BIOS, it will cause your system to crash.

Do not update the BIOS if the system is running fine. Unsuccessful BIOS flash may cause the system fails to boot up. The manufacturer is not responsible for any BIOS flash failure.

2.

Make sure your M/B PCB version number first, and then read the updated description & special note carefully to check if the new BIOS version patch pertain to your current problem. (How to recognize the M/B PCB version)

3.

Please DO NOT reboot system,unplug power supply and remove battery during BIOS update process.